Safety hanger



G. HARRIS SAFETYHANGER Feb. 1, 1949.

Filed oct'. 9., 1944 Patented Feb. 1, 1949 SAFETY HANGER George W. Harris, Mercer County, Ill., assignor h Miller, Matherville, Ill.

Appia-anon oetoler 9, 1944, serial N0. 551,892

of one-half to Rudolp 5 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in hangers.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved safety hanger for use on chain and other conveyors such as are commonly used in foundries to carry heavy castings from one place to another; to provide such a hangery that will carry two loads instead of one; to provide such a hanger in a form which will increase its convenience in hooking on or taking off a load, and will avoid danger to the ngers or hands ofthe operator.

I accomplish these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows an edge View of my hanger with an intermediate loop and showing both rings loaded; L

Figure 2 shows a side View of the form shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows an edge view of my hanger without the intermediate loop and with one ring loaded and the other ring standing in a convenient position for loading;

Figure 4 shows a side view of the hanger in the position shown in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail showing an alternate way of forming the rings.

My hanger is preferably formed of a single bar of steel bent to the opposite ends thereof and with the middle of the bar twisted or turned so that the rings stand at right angles to each other. Each ring may be formed with the free end of the bar overlapping the adjacent portion of the ring as shown at 8 and 9 in Figure 4 or may be formed with the free ends of the rings beveled and underlapping the adjacent portion of the ring as shown at I0 in Figure 5. y

The iree ends of the rings may be welded or spot-.welded to the bodies of the rings or united thereto in any desired way, but when the hanger bars are made of heavy enough material, it will not be necessary to fasten the free ends 8 and 9 of the rings to the bodies thereof.

The hanger is preferably formed of a single bar of iron or steel which may be round, square or of any desired shape in section. To form the first ring, one end of the bar is bent in a circle in any direction, for instance vertical, and the other end of the bar is bent in a corresponding circle standing at approximately a right angle to the first circle. The precise degree of angle is not essential, as any angle from approximately 60 to approximately i90 will facilitate attachment of the loads, but I prefer to have the two formrtwo rings I and! at rings stand at right angles so that when one ring is horizontal, the other will be vertical as shown in Figure 3.

At the junction of the two rings, they are embraced or secured in an eyebolt 3 or other suitable hanger, the other end of which is ordinarily secured in a link of a chain or other conveyor by a nut 4. This connection with theV conveyor chain may be of any desired form.

If desired, a portion of the hanger bar intermediate the rings, may be formed into -a loop or ring 5 as shown in Figures 1 and 2, as a convenient means for attaching the eyebolt 3.

The hangers in common use comprise a single ring ordinarily four or five inches in diameter and when the operator attempts to hook onto such rings the chains by which the heavy castings are carried, it is necessary for him to use the fingers of one hand to turn the ring from a vertical to a horizontal or diagonal position in order to conveniently insert the hook of such chain into the hanger and in so doing, it often happens that the iingers of the operator are injured and the operation takes longer than if the hanger rings were not hanging in a vertical position.

With my device, the operator can take hold of one of the rings for the purpose of moving the other ring into a horizontal position in which it will be, easy to -attach the chain hook, without danger to the ngers.

As soon as one chain has been attached to one of the rings, the weight of the chain or the load of castings will draw that ring into a vertical position as shown in Figure 3, and put the other ring automatically in a horizontal position in which it will be an easy matter for the operator to attach the chain hook of another casting. In this way the same hanger can be utilized to carry double the load which the single rings now in use will permit.

When the hanger is free of any load, it will stand in the position shown in Figure 1 so that an operator can attach the chain hook of the castr ing readily without being obliged to move o1' change the position of the hanger, thus facilitating the attachment of the load to the hanger and avoiding any danger of injury to the lingers oi the operator.

I make no claim to any particular form of eyebolt or hook. Various modifications may be made in forming the rings and in attaching the free ends thereofk and I do not limit my claims to the precise forms shown in the drawings.

My apparatus may be used advantageously ring and avoiding any necessity of the operator .Y

holding' the ring in order to unload it.

It is obvious that the rings and hooks may bey..

made oi any size most convenient for therpartioular work to be handled,and'various,1no,di,

cations may be made in. the siaproportions and shape of the rings without departing' from Thus the rings may!` be either round or elliptical or oval shaped or even the spirit of my invention.

rectangular or triangular and in `the Claimsr I use the words' rings and links in. `their broad.V est sense to include the differentV shapesmen'- tioned. 1 y f1 no clairn for anyparticular vforni of hook'for vattaching the 'load nor 'for' any' par,e lar forni of eyebolt or other'nmernbe'rwby the hanger is` carried by thaconveyoif, as'

forms of hooksand' carriers are incorninon. use and Well known.V Y p It is obvious that the most `desirable an'glefat which the hanger rings are 'toibe secured td'e'ach other wii depend tosome extentfu'pon"the'loads to he carried and the size a'ndshapfe of the hooks upon tiie'free ends of th'efchains' attached tothe ofthe loads., if-"henl arrangedat an *anglef ne rings will normally stand atan angle ai. 4.5 to the verticaiand in this position `the hook of -the load-carrying chain` can readily .be

attached to either vone of .the rings without the "ty of, the operatorholding the ring in any position. When :a y.load isV thus atthe .downward pull `of .fthe

D? taehed to one ring, load upon that ring willfcause theother ring to stand at right angles or in-ahorizontall position and the second hook can be attached to the horiv zontai ring; With lsmaller loads `0r Smaller necks, the rings will not be obliged toV diverge at so great an angle. 'f

I claim: n Y

1. A duplex safety hanger for heavy loads comprising an overhead support, a pair of rings suspended thereby and pivotally mounted therein, said rings being rigidly 'united and diverging from the support.

' 2. A duplex safety hanger for heavy loads comprising an overhead support having a depending eye,` a pairv ofv rings passingthrough .the eye and lfreejtd swing. from the eye,. said -rings being rigidly united to each other at the eye and divergin'g laterally.

"3. A duplex safety hanger for heavy loads comprising. an overhead support, a pair of rings rigidlyunited to each other at one point and .divergin'g'" laterally;V therefrom, means whereby said ringsA are pivotally. united to the overhead fsuppo'rtr wherebyifthe rings are free to swing laterally under the overhead support.

4f A duplex safety hanger comprising an overhead support carrying an eye, a pair of diverging lrings formed integrally from a single bar of metal `with an intermediate ring formedfrom the :sainebar betweenA the other ringsf'and arrangedV to pass throughand be carried' by the eye, saidintei'niediate ring-being free-to swing tnereiron1. f' f f f Ad-uplex'safety hanger 4forheavyloads comprising an overhead support, a'pair -o'f rings lsuspended thereby land pivotally 'mounted therein, said rings being rigidlyunited and vdivergingoutwardly frorneach other;

GEORGE W. 'HARRIS REFERENCES. CITED f ,The following `r'references are' oi record in the iii-cof this patenti' y i 1 vUNITED STATES. PATENTS 

